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Best seat in the house? We take you there

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St. ANDREWS, Scotland - Many would argue that golf is best viewed on TV, from the comfort of your own couch. And in many scenarios, those "many" would be correct.

But at the Open Championship at St. Andrews, if you're fortunate enough to be part of James Kinnear's circle, TV could never do justice to the perch that is known as the "Royal Box of Golf."

Kinnear, a Canadian businessman and member of the R&A since 1995, owns a three-story, five-bedroom home just to the right of 18 green. He purchased it in early 2010 for more than 3.75 million pounds in advance of the 139th edition of the Open.

The views from said "Royal Box" are spectacular - you can see Nos. 1 and 18 in their entirety, with unobstructed views of Nos. 2 and 17, additionally.

"I'd been coming (to the old Course) for years to play the R&A fall matches," Kinnear said. "And in 2010 I noticed a for sale sign in the window. So I called them up, and I bought it."